Posted on 01/14/2005 1:09:55 AM PST by amdgmary
I have suspect some of those who troll the Terri threads are selfish bastards who don't know when to 'let go', suffer survivor's guilt, are inexperienced or refuse to recognize the point when treatment sucking away every last ounce of dignity, making the patient unrecognizable to friend or family and they to him or her.
My view is Terri's "dead" but her body hasn't caught up with this reality. There's no viable ethical argument, however, to starve a patient to death. So long as food, rather than artificial respiration or similar means, is all that keeps her from dying she should be fed.
She'd have been better off if she'd been killed by her original illness. Her parents are just as sick as her husband.
This isn't death with dignity. It's murderous.
My father died this way 3 years ago, but he made the conscious decision to do so after discussing it with the family. He had PSP, a rare form of Parkinson's and had been sick for years. His body was rejecting the feeding tube and the doctors said that they could put him on IVs, but it would only prolong his death. It was a nightmare...I have never recovered from spending his last 10 days with him, watching him slowly starve to death, but it was his wish.
I feel for your loss of your father. The distinguishing characteristic in this case is that Terri doesn't have the ability to make the same choice as your father. It is an estranged husband with a monetary incentive who is trying to make the choice for her.
Terri's the HOSTAGE OF THE SUNCOAST. (at hospice of the suncoast).
Why so Hateful! Terri is not unrecognizable to friend & family (only to the eyes of those who love death and her adulterous husband.)
Who are you to say someone else is better off dead!
It is your kind who will destroy the culture!
I understand that fully, I was just responding to her husband's comments that this was a good way to die...when, from my experience, it is most definitely not.
But once she's dead, that lovely life insurance policy will kick in. Michael should sign the benefits over to her parents and go on with his miserable life.
bump
Bump!
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Have you seen the Videos of Terri obeying the commands of her doctor? How can the "dead" do what their doctor tells them to do?
Please go to her Web Site and watch her Videos! Go to www.terrisfight.org
it doesn't make sense to me either.
The woman who was supposed to WATCH OVER this process is dead now herself, right?
The woman who watched Terri being starved in Oct 2003 was Jodi Centonzi's mother, Eleanor Centonzi. Eleanor died of ovarian cancer Sept 5, 2004 in Jodi and Michael's house. Also, the priest who testified against Terri in the 2000 trial, Fr. Gerard Murphy, was run over by a car in Tampa last year.
I just read this again and it amazes me that so many will believe Felos and MS that this is a painless way to die. Freepers especially are known IMO to dig to the bottom, but many have failed to do that with Terri's situation. They call us fanatics or emotional when the opposite is actually true and it seems that more often than not they won't even take the time to educate themselves about Terri. I think that is must be a fear of becoming disabled that has paralyzed some from diving in and learning.
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